Nuggets forward Wilson Chandler returned to full practice on Thursday, which made coach Brian Shaw happy and had him thinking about the possibilities with his team mostly intact.

“It almost seemed as if there was a new energy, because he was out there with the guys,” Shaw said. “So for me, as a coach, I was happy to see him out there because it kind of gives a more accurate look at what our team can really look like with him in the lineup.”

Provided Chandler has no setbacks, he’s in line to play in his first preseason game Saturday against the L.A. Clippers in Las Vegas.

“Even though he’s been watching from the side, just getting out there and going through all of the exercises, learning all the nuances of the offense … watching it from the sideline and getting out there and doing it are two totally different things,” Shaw said. “So he’ll get one more good practice in tomorrow, get a good, crisp shootaround on Saturday and then I expect him to play on Saturday night.”

But while Chandler is on the mend, it appears he passed on his hamstring ailment to teammate Kenneth Faried. Faried suffered a right hamstring strain in practice Thursday and is now listed as day-to-day. He’ll be evaluated again tomorrow.

Meanwhile, Thursday’s session was also about correcting mistakes made in a blowout loss to Oklahoma City on Tuesday. The Nuggets spent over an hour watching film from the game.

“Although it wasn’t the performance that we wanted, it afforded us a lot of teaching points and teaching opportunities,” Shaw said. “Basically, what I’ve come to find out is that things aren’t usually as bad as they look when you look at them on film, and when you do well you’re not as good as you think you are as well.

“Most of the mistakes that we made were when guys didn’t follow the game plan. They start to splinter off and do things on their own and do it their own way. We found that a lot of mistakes came from that. So that reinforced what we were telling them, that we have to do everything together, that we have a plan and that’s why we put it in place, not just based on one guy but for our whole team.”